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Constipation followrd by loose stools

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Reetah
Reetah

Hi, All my life I have suffered from constipation, but in the last four years it has changed.I have had tests that have come back normal, but I don't have a bm for about 4/5 days then I go and it's solid at first then followed by about two episodes of loose stools. I have been told it's ibs. I also get a bit of leakage around the solid stools and sometimes mucus. The whole thing is a nightmare. I am very stressed, don't suppose that helps. Does anyone get similar symptoms? Thanks for reading.

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  • philippa61759
    philippa61759 Reetah

    Posted

    Sounds like IBS.  Do you get pain that moves to different areas of your stomach and does the pain change in type and intensity?  Do you get relief from a bowel movement and incomplete evacuation?  If all your tests are negative, IBS can be diagnosed.
    • janet68649
      janet68649 philippa61759

      Posted

      I have same problem, my test came back negative. But all had changed when I started my free wheat diet. My whole body changed, I feel so relieve. I'm going to another doctor as well for a ADN to test if I'm gluten intolerant, this is 100% acute for what I read.

      Good luck.

    • philippa61759
      philippa61759 janet68649

      Posted

      Luckily, I don't have any food intolerances.  It's stress that brings the pain on with me.  However, if all your tests are negative, IBS can be confirmed.

       

  • janet68649
    janet68649 Reetah

    Posted

    Go to the doctor. But while you wait, make your own food diary, write time you eat, syntomes, time you poop, how it looks, do it for at least a month, you will be surprised.
  • emily_92420
    emily_92420 Reetah

    Posted

    Unfortunately this does sound like IBS. When you get severe constipation some people find their bodies flush out the hard stools. Which is the bodys natural way of sorting it out. May be worth looking into a slight diet change, intaking more fibre and treating the constipation side of things rather than the loose stools. If you can work out how to regulate your bowel movements this may ease up for you. Its not impossible to do. I have read plenty of stories on how life changing a simple diet can be for constipation.
    • Reetah
      Reetah emily_92420

      Posted

      Thanks Emily, sounds like a plan to regulate the constipation and thereby get a normal bm. I will look into it.

      Thanks again

  • mark6651
    mark6651 Reetah

    Posted

    Very much like IBS that one. Maybe got to your GP.
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